Cannot mount NTFS partition in Ubuntu 13.04 [duplicate]

Solution 1:

Like Thefourtheye said, your Windows is in hibernation mode. If you intentionally selected this mode, a clean shutdown should do the trick.

What I would like to add is if you have Windows 8, by default, even when you shutdown the computer, Windows goes to hibernation. It's called "hybrid mode" of "fast startup": when you select shutdown in Windows 8, your users' sessions end but the system goes to hibernation.

If you have Windows 8, you will also need to disable "fast startup":

1. Open the Control Panel and click on Power Options;
2. Click on Choose what the power buttons do;
3. Click on Change settings that are currently unavailable;
4. Under Shutdown settings, check the Turn on fast startup box, and click Save changes button.

(You migth want to search "disable windows 8 fast startup" in your favorite search engine, as some tutorials available have screenshots.)

Now, a future shutdown of Windows 8 should do a clean shutdown. It will cleanly unmount the NTFS volumes, allowing them to be mounted later in Ubuntu.

Solution 2:

Your Windows is in Hibernation mode.

1. Reboot your computer.
2. Boot in to Windows.
3. Either shutdown or reboot.
4. You wont see this problem in Ubuntu.